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Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration

⭐ 264: From Clothing Manufacturer, to Franchise Owner, to Starting the Tint World Franchise | Ex-CEO of Meineke, Charles Bonfiglio, shares his Journey 🚗… ⭐

Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration

Millionaire Interviews Podcast & Sir Austin Peek

Careers, Business:careers, Business

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Charles J. Bonfiglio is the Franchise Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Tint World. The company is a privately owned franchise chain of independent retail window tinting, mobile electronics, auto accessories and appearance centers. As the lead executive of Tint World, Charles is responsible for all functions related to the development and leadership of the company in growing the family of franchise stores. Listen to Part II, right now: The Secrets to Creating a Successful Franchise... like Tint World (a Continuation of EP 165). This Episode is Sponsored By: Jon Ostenson, Founder of FranBridge Consulting and Top 1% US Franchise Consultant is here to help you explore the world of non-food franchising opportunities today. Jon and his team are part of the largest brokerage in the US and have vetted the market thoroughly. FranBridge is hands down the premier source of the best opportunities in the non-food franchising world. You can hear more of Jon’s story and how he started FranBridge Consulting on Episode 250 of our podcast. Sign up for a free consultation call with Jon today at millionaire-interviews.com/franbridgeconsulting and receive a FREE copy of his new book Non-Food Franchising. Franbridge Consulting offers five more non-food franchise opportunities in 2024 that you can explore. FranBridge is hands down the premier source of the best opportunities in the non-food franchising world. You can hear more of Jon’s story and how he started FranBridge Consulting on Episode 250 of our podcast. Sign up for a free consultation call with Jon today at millionaire-interviews.com/franbridgeconsulting and receive a FREE copy of his new book Non-Food Franchising. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Charles Bonfiglio Interview. *** Support this Podcast via Patreon

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0:00.0

Thanks for this very special episode.

0:04.4

On this episode I interviewed Charles Bonfiglio,

0:07.6

who's best known for being the CEO of Meinakee Muffler.

0:11.2

And this interview was actually so good

0:13.3

and basically chock full of information

0:15.0

that we actually ended up splitting it into two parts.

0:18.5

We talked about how he went basically in this first part

0:20.7

from like clothing manufacturer to franchise owner to real estate developer

0:25.5

and eventually how it led him to start his own franchise which is called Tent World.

0:30.0

That's spelled T-I-N-T-W-O-T-T-W-T-T-T-T-T-T-Winting for your car. I realized after the fact that I don't want to confuse anyone with the camping gear.

0:38.8

So again, thanks for tuning in and hope you guys enjoy this episode as much as I did.

0:46.0

Quick question, what's your biggest fear?

0:48.0

Not meeting my expectations.

0:50.0

In all aspects of life or just business?

0:53.0

Well, business is definitely the forefront.

0:55.0

Business with my hobby is, but in anything that I want to do, I really want to achieve whatever my, I set up my goals to be.

1:02.0

And even when I fail, I feel like I'm learning something so I can succeed just the way I am

1:06.8

I think a lot of type A entrepreneurs kind of that same way because honestly I feel that sometimes too I'm like it was a day, but was it as good as like I could have made it?

1:14.4

Did I get everything done that I wanted to? Is that kind of what you're saying you feel?

1:17.8

Yeah, that and the fact that what I have in my vision, sometimes you have building blocks to get to where you want to go, and you have these

1:24.9

other blocks that are big blocks to achieve, but you have to take care of the low-hanging

1:29.6

fruit till you get there.

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